I need scratch repair advice. 

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 10/06/2016 at 17:57 • Filed to: Assholes

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So today I noticed these two different, but close enough to be related scratches on my car.

The first has at least one that’s down into the primer, but tapers off to parts that can maybe be compounded out.

The second is actually three or so straight lines that are definitely at least through the clearcoat. I have no idea what it could be other than someone using a box cutter to scratch my car. It’s way too straight, thin, and deep to have been done with a key.

Considering that I park in the corner of an empty roof of a six floor parking garage, I can’t imagine why anyone would feel the need to scratch my car, unless it was out of pure jealousy of my ability to afford a super ritzy 15 year Jag with a Bluebook of $2k on a good day, but whatever.

The big caveat here is that 1) I am very bad at doing touch ups, and 2) I have a deathly fear of touching anything with sandpaper.

On a related note, how do I go about finding a shop that can do this sort of thing and hopefully match the paint and hopefully not ruin my car?

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/06/2016 at 18:20

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Most of that will come out with a good polish and then finished.

If you choose to touch in the paint yourself, use a cocktail stick rather than a brush. If your wary about using wet sand paper, use it round a flat wood block and you can tape of all the surrounding area.

Is there not a service in the U.S. that does local and spot repairs like Chips Away in the U.S.?

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https://www.chipsaway.co.uk/

vicali > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/06/2016 at 18:21

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Those will buff out, except maybe the last one in the top pic..

My Subie after some so#N3%$^ door dinged her;

Cleaned up with a claybar to get the marks off;

Some work with scratch-X;

And then the rest of a detail;

All better.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Svend 10/06/2016 at 18:32

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That’s relieving.

I’m sure there are a lot of companies like that, I’m just worried about finding one that will actually do a good job and match the paint. Not that it’s the biggest problem in the world. The previous owner did some touch ups that were so horrible, even I could have done better.

Honeybunchesofgoats > vicali 10/06/2016 at 18:32

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That’s amazing. It makes me feel so much better.

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/06/2016 at 18:45

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Ye’, it can be daunting taking wet n dry sandpaper to a car for the first time as it’s alien to how you normally treat your car.

I was that nervous the first time I went and did a course so I could practice with a professional in a safe environment.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Svend 10/06/2016 at 19:01

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That’s awesome. I want to do that.

Svend > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/06/2016 at 19:27

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Well the guy who taught me did move to Dallas, Texas (ye’, after saying he’d never move to the U.S saying he’d rather pay more for petrol than get charged an arm and a leg for health care. Lol).

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > vicali 10/06/2016 at 19:30

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Very nicely done.

notsomethingstructural > Honeybunchesofgoats 10/07/2016 at 11:53

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This is a pretty good guide. Doesn’t look deep enough to require filling.

https://www.ammonyc.com/detailing/paint-chip-touch-up/